Hey up there, way up there,
what do you say up there?
I see it all,
it's like a movie in my head that plays and plays.
It isn't just the bad things I
remember.
It's the whole damn show.
Waitin' around for the girls upstairs
After the curtain came down
Money in my pocket to spend
Honey, could you maybe
get a friend for my
friend?
Hearing the sound of the girls above
Dressing to go on the town
Click ing heels on
steel and cement.
Picking up the giggles floating
down through the vent.
Goddamnedest hours that I ever spent
Were waiting for the girls up
stair s.
Hey up there, way up there,
What do you say up there?
That's where the keys hung,
and that's where you picked up your mail.
I remember, me and
Ben, me and
Ben, we'd come around at ten, me and
Ben, and hang around the wings,
watching things with what the hell was his name,
you know, the old guy?
Max! I remember!
Anyway,
there we'd stay until the curtain fell,
And when the curtain fell,
then all hell broke.
Girls on the run and scenery flying,
doors slamming left and right.
Girls in their undies blushing but trying
not to duck out of sight.
Girls by the hundreds waving and crying,
see you tomorrow night.
Girls looking frazzled and
girls looking great.
Girls in a frenzy to get to a date.
Girls like a madhouse and
two of them late
And who had to wait?
And wait
And wait
And wait
Waiting around for the boys
downstairs
Stalling as long as we dare
Which dress from my wardrobe of two?
One of them was borrowed
and the other was blue
Holding our ground for the boys below
Fussing around with our hair
Giggling, wriggling out of our tights
Chattering and clattering
down all of those flights
God, I'd forgotten there ever were nights
Of waiting for the boys downstairs
You up there?
Down in a minute
You two up there?
Just keep your shirts on
Aren't you two up there?
Heard you the first time
Look, are you coming?
Or aren't you coming?
Will you hold your horses?
We've gotta get going
A
Sunday will hold us a table and ring
side all night!
Hi!
Girls?
Ben!
Sally?
Boy, we're beat!
You look neat!
We saw you in the wings!
How are things?
Did someone pass you in?
Slipped a fin too!
What the hell is his name?
You know the doorman?
Al?
No!
Big!
Fat!
Young!
Bald!
Hairy!
Yeah!
Okie dokes.
Come on, folks.
And where we gonna go?
A little joint I know.
What?
Great new show there.
Hey, I thought you
said tonight it'd be
Tony's.
This joint is just as grand.
We girls got dressed for dancing at
Tony's.
This joint is in demand.
Talk, talk and bye, you'll find us at
Tony's.
Wait till you hear the band.
You told us,
Tony's, that we'd go to
Tony's.
I never said
Tony's,
Westbound lands of
Tony's,
Mid land,
Seatone's, all right,
then we'll go!
Waiting around for the girls upstairs
Weren't we chuckleheads then?
Very young and very old hat.
Everybody has to go through
stages like that.
Waiting around for the girls upstairs.
Thank you but never again.
Life was fun but oh so intense.
Everything was possible and
nothing made sense.
Back there when one
of the major events
Was waiting for the girls,
waiting for the girls
Waiting for the girls
Upstairs!